Device for stretching trousers.



* 'No.- 721,749. Y PATENTED MAR.'3,190'3 Q E. J. SANDER.

DEVICE EOR STRETGHING TROUSERS.

APPLICATION FILED mm, 190;.

NO IODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR JULIUS SANDER, OF STOKE NEWINGTON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ARTHUR JOSEPH HAWES, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

DEVICE FOR STRETCHING TROUSERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,749, dated March 3, 1903. 2

Application filed March '7, 1902. Serial No. 97,116. (No model.) h

To all whom it may concern: stretching operation until the central part of Be it known that I, EDGAR JULIUS SANDER, the garment becomes so taut as to press the a subject of the King of Great Britain,residfolded end portions against the friction-bars ing at 96 Bouverie road, Stoke Newington, m and with sufficient firmness to prevent 55 countyof Middlesex,-England,have invented further slip. This construction by providanew and usefullmproved Device for Stretching for a certain amount of slip at each end ing Trousers and other Articles, of which the of the stretcher prevents the undue stretchfollowing is a specification. ing ofthe garment, which is likely to injure it.

The object of this invention is to provide a Between the extended ends 0 d of the frame 60 1o stretcher for trousers and other articles which a c d b is a bar 19 of wood or other suitable shall allow of the quick adjustment of the armaterial, and by preference the said bar is ticle to be stretched, shall fold into a small round and made to roll freely on its centers. compass, shall have no loose parts, and shall This banp, which I term an extensionbe cheap to manufacture. bar, it will be observed is'mounted in the 65 111 the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is overlapping portions of one of the frames, .ad-

a plan of the stretcher opened out ready to jacent to but eccentric to the hinge or pivotal receive a pair of trousers or other article, connection between the two frames. Now and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. when the two frames are open, as in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a perspective View illustrating the the rollerp lies within the frame a g h f; but 70 2o operation of the apparatus to stretch a pair directly the frames are folded together the of trousers. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspecroller 19 turns outward, as in Fig. 3. This tive View showing .the method of adjusting roller is the device for stretching the article the apparatus for articles of different lengths. placed in the frame, as will be understood by The stretcher is composed of two frames, reference to Fig. 1, which shows the position 75 Fig. 1, a c d b and e g hf, of metal or other of the frames when the article is first put suitable material. The frame ct c d b is into the stretcher, the length from a to g or smaller than the frame 6 g hf, and both are from b to h being less than the length in Fig. 3 hinged together at the pointsj It, thusallowfrom or to g or from b to 71 over the roller-1o. ing of one frame folding within the other. It is therefore possible toobtain differentten- 8o Between the ends a b of the frame ct o d b is' sions by altering the distance of the roller 19 fixed a rod Z, and farther along a stationary from the center of the hingesj and 7c. friction-bar m is placed across the back of The method of fixing and stretching a pair the said frame, and between the ends 9 h of of trousers is as follows: The trousers are the frame 6 g hf is fixed a rod n, and farther laid out fiat, one leg upon the other, and the 85 5 along a stationary friction-bar o is placed open frame is laid upon them, that side of across the back of the frame. The rods Z n the frame being next the trousers on which are preferably of wood and of round section, the fiat bars m and o are fixed. The ends 9 and the friction-bars m 0 by preference of h are laid at the hip end of the trousers and metal and flat; but they maybe made of the ends a b at the ankle end, as shown in 90 40 other suitable materials or section. The flat Fig. 3. The ankle ends of the trousers are friction-bars m and 0 are, as will be observed, next folded over the bar Z and under the fricheld at fixed distances from the rollers or bars tion-bar m, and then the hip end isfolded Z and n, respectively, so that there is no over the barn and under the friction-bar 0. clamping of the garment between said pairs The frame is now closed,and' in closing the 5 of bars. Each end of the garment is held by roller p causes the trousers to stretch and to folding the end portion over the end bar or press its own ends tightly'against the ba'rs'm roller and between the adjacent flat frictionand 0, thus gripping them. bar and the central portion of the garment. As shown in Fig. 2, it is necessary that the This construction permits a certain amount rods Z and 'n should not stand farther out of [0o of slip of the garment over the end rollers or the frame than the tops of the bars m and 0, bars Z and 01 during the first part of the respectively, as the trousers would then be prevented from pressing tightly on the bars m and 0 and would not grip the ends of the trousers properly.

Fig. 4 illustrates a method of adjusting the grippingarrangements to suit nnusuallengths of garments or articles by slotting the sides of the frames and allowing the gripping-bars to slide up and down in these slots, tightening the whole up with a nut, thus securing the two bars to the frame, but maintaining them at the same distance from each other.

I claim- In a stretcher for trousers, and other garments, the combination with two frames 

